1154 Qlwn or Qalaven, which may have been a predecessor to the capital, was put on the world map of the Almoravid by the Arab cartographer Muhammad al-Idrisi; Rääveli and Rafala (Raphael), then from 1219 Reval (from 13th century - 1918; and again 1941 - 1944 during the Nazi occupation)

Capital of Europe; Comic City

The Jerusalem of the North (Napoleon), Athens of the North

'The City of Light' (La Ville Lumière), both because of its leading role during the Age of Enlightenment...

and more literally because it was one of the first European cities to adopt gas street lighting. Since the late 19th century, it has also been known as Panam(e).

The Third Rome (Третий Рим), The Whitestone One (Белокаменная), The First Throne (Первопрестольная), The Forty Forties (Сорок Сороко

('Сорок' (forty) also meant a church administrative district, which consisted of about forty churches.)

Phoenix City, Paris of the East

Micul Paris (The Little Paris), Paris of the East

A Cidade das Sete Colinas (The City of Seven Hills), Rainha do Mar (Queen of the Sea), A Cidade da Tolerância (The City of Tolerance), A Cidade da Luz (The City of the Light)

Known locally at Città.

Damsko

Mokum (or Amokum), the Yiddish word for 'place' or 'safe haven', a name given to several European cities, often with the first letter of the city added to the front of the word.

Il-Belt (The City);

Superbissima (Most Proud), given by ruling houses of Europe

The Fair City

Damascus of the North, Jerusalem of Europe; Jerusalem of the Balkans; Rajvosa

Its founder, Isa-Beg Ishaković, referred to it as Šeher, meaning an advanced city of key importance.